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Google has presented its vision of a faster mobile web with the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (TechCrunch). AMP sites should load instantly, using a standard that avoids certain uses of HTML, CSS and JavaScript and allows pages to be pre-rendered. An open source AMP HTML toolkit for developers is already up at GitHub. Media partners that have created AMP pages include Twitter, Vox Media, Buzzfeed and The Washington Post.

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Volvo has become the first major car maker to state that it will accept "full liability" if one of its self-driving cars crashes while driving autonomously (AutoBlog). The statement was made by Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson, who is currently in talks with US lawmakers to establish a legal framework that will allow autonomous vehicles on the roads. "The U.S. risks losing its leading position due to the lack of federal guidelines for the testing and certification of autonomous vehicles," Samuelsson said.

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Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL is set to launch the first privately-funded lunar mission in 2017 (Motherboard). The team has a launch contract with Spaceflight Industries and has bought room on a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket that'll be taking up a number of orbital satellites at the same time. The project been recognised by the Google Lunar XPrize, which will award $30 million to the first privately-funded robot to reach the moon before 31 December 2017.

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The Light L16 camera is the size of a smartphone, but packs in 16 separate lenses to produce high resolution photos intended to rival those from a DSLR (Re/Code). When you shoot a picture, up to 10 of the lenses, each with its own full camera module, capture data at different focal lengths; this is then processed to create a detailed composite image of up to 52 megapixels. The new technology doesn't come cheap though - a heavily discounted pre-order price puts the Android based camera at $1,299 (£850).

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Researchers have found that, as well as an endorphin rush, running produces endocannabinoids -- internally-produced cannabinoids, which have the same effect as marijuana (New York Times). A rodent study at the University of Heidelberg in Germany found that when mice's cannabinoid receptors were blocked they no longer showed relaxed, tranquil behaviour after running. However, blocking the rodents' endorphin response had no dulling effect on their post-exercise buzz.

Toyota has joined the ranks of companies engaged in late-stage driverless car trials with a test of its self-driving Highway Teammate, a modified Lexus GS, on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway (BBC). The company says that the car "uses multiple external sensors to recognise nearby vehicles and hazards, and selects appropriate routes and lanes depending on the destination." Toyota hopes to launch self-driving vehicles based on the same technology by "around 2020", although rival Japanese firm Nissan is looking to release automated vehicles as early as 2016.

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Adidas's latest running shoe, the Futurecraft 3D, uses a 3D printed midsole to ensure a perfect fit (Engadget). The Futurecraft 3D is a prototype concept shoe but it's clear that the sportswear giant thinks that this is the future of the trainer market. A press release asks us to "imagine walking into an Adidas store, running briefly on a treadmill and instantly getting a 3D-printed running shoe."

Researchers on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have discovered Hyorhinomys stuempkei, a new species of rat with a turned-up nose and giant ears (Gizmodo). Two different teams, from America's Louisiana State University and Australia's Museum Victoria, trapped examples of the rat at the same time in different parts of the island. Details of the discovery are published in a paper in the Oxford Journal of Mammalogy.

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Members of the American SAG-AFTRA voice actors' union have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action to demand more information in advance of auditions, royalty bonuses for blockbuster games and stunt pay for vocally stressful work (Ars Technica). The union is an influential player in the US games industry and actors who break the strike could risk being blacklisted on future projects affiliated SAG-AFTRA. Supporters include former Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter, Mass Effect 3 "FemShep" voice actress Jennifer Hale, Metal Gear Solid Vamp voice actor Phil Lamarr and Firefly Online voice actor Wil Wheaton.

Video footage from China shows an enormous traffic jam that blocked a 50-lane motorway when a checkpoint on the far side of a toll gate created a bottleneck (Gizmodo). Drivers were returning home after the national Golden Week holiday when they became stuck in the jam. The resulting fog-shrouded gridlock was captured by news cameras.

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Cramped seating arrangements on economy flights could get significantly worse if Airbus' latest design ever becomes a reality. A patent filed by the plane manufacturer envisions stacking passengers on top of one another -- a bit like blocks in a game of Tetris. Airbus/US Patent and Trademark Office "In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the available space in a passenger cabin," Airbus wrote in the patent application.

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